Hi, I would like to propose a number of changes to the way tomcat is set up and configured. 1. Support for virtual hosts. AutoSetup uses TOMCAT_HOME/webapps, but that doesn't allow virtual hosts. The new mechanism should use something like TOMCAT_HOME/hosts, with DEFAULT used for the default host ( if more specific host is not found ). 2. Change the mechanism of setting tomcat-specific options to webapps. Instead of editing server.xml, we'll use the TOMCAT_HOME/hosts ( or a paralel hierarchy in conf ) and auto-load .xml files as configuration files for contexts. ( in the same way we find .war files and auto-expand them ). This is similar with what newer version of Linux use, and makes much easier to automate things. 3. In server.xml, define "<profiles>", or sets of interceptors that will be used for specific contexts. That will allow to specify the behavior of different contexts much easier - including authentication method, servlet API level, logging, etc. ( instead of repeating a list of interceptors for each context, we'll just use a <context profile="foo" > ). 4. WorkDir configuration. Instead of using workdir/host_port%2fPath I would like to have: workdir/host_port/path ( mirroring the autoconf systm) 5. WorkDirs in the same dir with applications. For each application that is deployed in tomcat, we can create a WEB_INF/tomcat directory and place various tomcat-private informations ( the spec doesn't impose the internal representation of a application ). What do you think ? Costin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
